Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet

Sometimes, simple stories are exactly what you need, especially after you had to deal with complex plots for a while. Visual novels are not necessarily simple, but they are easier to handle when all you have to do is read the text and perform a few clicks. Hence, you can listen to a nice story and not have to worry about battling enemies or solving difficult puzzles at the same time.

Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet is a cute visual novel with colorful graphics and an adorable plot that can end in a variety of ways, depending on your choices along the way. While it’s not as interactive as other games sharing the genre, there are quite a few decisions waiting for you at various junctions in the plot. Thus, you have the freedom to play it multiple times and do things differently.

The actual story revolves around a girl by the name of Syrup, who one day discovers a candy golem in her workshop. Although you have the possibility to just eat the said girl and perform some kind of weird cannibalism act, you can also leave her be and get to know her over the course of the story. A few other characters make an appearance as well, each one of which has a unique personality.

As mentioned before, most of your time is spent reading the dialog between the characters, but you get to make a choice every now and again. Sometimes, these choices have the potential to end the story right away, while other times the decisions you make have repercussions later on. In any case, there are no less than ten endings as of right now, so there’s plenty of game time available if you want to see each one of them.

Lastly, the artwork is about as adorable as you might expect when one of the characters is literally made out of candy. The backgrounds are usually simple and mostly just outlines and sketches, but they go surprisingly well with the general mood. A great soundtrack adds that much more color to the atmosphere , and there are plenty of tunes included for each part of the story.

In the end, Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet is obviously not the kind of game that leaves imprints on your memory, but it’s fun enough to be the perfect distraction for a lazy afternoon. It certainly has the power to put a smile on your face.